Wedding Days

Drew and I recently attended a wedding for a friend of mine from CSI. It was at the 4th Street Gardens in Emmett, ID, and it was beautiful. I was a little nervous because the place was so small, but it was truly romantic and intimate. The family-friend who performed their ceremony was very good and I was impressed at how personal he made everything, without making it too cheesey.

My one job for this wedding was to deliver the four (yes, 4!!) wedding cakes to the reception. I've never been so nervous about anything in my life. I was more nervous about this than ANYTHING at my own wedding. Needless to say, the cakes arrived perfectly, all in one piece and with decor in the proer place. It wasn't until I was trying to show off with the last cake and took it out of the cake box to walk across the yard to put it on the cake table. I leaned down to put the cake down but didn't hold the cake any farther away from my chest. When I stood up, There was quite a bit frosting adorning my dress that I wasn't anticipating. Luckily, no one noticed the cake, but I did have a massive dark spot on my dress for the rest of the night.



BTW- this is the Calvin Kline dress I bought at Burlington Coat Factory, originally priced at $128 that I got for $34!! It was my FIRST CK anything, on sale, and it was a smaller than normal size. If that doesn't say buy the dress, I don't know what does!!!

Football

It's finally Bornco Football season and we LOVE the Broncos in the Case household. We had a party to welcome in the season and it was great. With great friends and food, we all felt it necessary to dress up for the occassion. Even Kyrie got into the blue and orange spirit of it all. We've had a great season thus far and at #8 in the BCS poles, we might have another shot at a Bowl game this winter. We'll look forward to watching the team continue in their glory and the parties that come with it!!

My sexy, pink, little (BIG) Cocktail Dress

This dress has been my prized possesion for the last five years. I received it as a gift right before I graduted from CSI. Walking across the stage to receive my degree was the first time this dress was worn. I truly felt girlie and beautiful!!

I was as excited at the chance to wear it to a bachelorette party this last Saturday night. With the Sex in the City theme, I knew my pink dress would be the perfect cocktail attire. I was running a few minutes late to my dinner but felt I could still pul it off because my outfit was ready to go. As I pulled the satiny fabric over my head, felt it slide into place, and zipped it up, I looked in the mirror to realize something was very wrong with the image I was starring at: The dress was TOO BIG!!

Most women would be thrilled to have something too big to wear, grateful that all their efforts at the gym and the dinner table had paid off, but I was beside myself. Not only did I now not have anything to wear, but the one thing I owned that truly made me feel beautiful, I could no longer wear. Please don't mistake my "heartbreak". I am so excited to go buy a new, smaller, cocktail dress, but there was certainly a moment, or two, of sadness; that a relationship was changing. A relationship not just with my wardrobe, but with the wonderful spirit that has been within me all along. I look forward to (kinda) falling out of more clothes as I continue my process, and will gladly pass along my fabricated articles to those who need them- shopping for new treasures will be just as exciting.